Madrenas, Albarcas (Spain)

Galician type of footwear is made generally of a piece of wood. Were used and are still used to rurral areas in the north of Spain (Galicia, Asturias, Catabria and the Basque Country) in the mountainous regions of Castilla and Leon, Aragon and Catalonia, as work shoes in this area, as well as protective footwear in factories, mines and farms. Wooden clogs with studs. Carved. 20th century.